Lt. John Woods

1698 - 1782  (84 years)

• Name	John Woods
  Birth	3 Mar 1697/98	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Savage (1862) gives his birth as 4 March 1698.
  Married	3 Jun 1725 (27 years)	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Sarah Longley, the daughter of John and Sarah (Prescott) Longley. She was born on 28 March 1706 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died on Sunday 28 March 1773 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah's gravestone inscription in Old Burial Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, reads: Here lies ye remains of Mrs. Sarah Woods ye wife of Leiut John Woods who departed this Life March 28th 1773 aged 67 years. A faithful wife, a tender mother, a diligent & prudent mistress of a Family and a pious christian, She lived beloved, died lamented, with a comfort- able hope of entering into ye joy of her Lord. Her children arise up & call her blessed; her husband also & he praiseth her Issue: 1. Sarah Woods (1726-____) 2. John Woods (1728-1728) 3. Susannah Woods (1730-____) 4. Alice Woods (1732-____) 5. Lucy Woods (1735-1765) 6. John Woods (1737-____) 7. Benjamin Woods (1739-1758) 8. Abigail Woods (1741-____) 9. David Woods (1746-____)
  Military	say 1740 (41 years)  [2]
  He was a lieutenant in the militia.
  Married	say 1774 (75 years)
  Deborah _____. She survived John.
  Death	7 May 1782	Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Siblings	7 brothers and 4 sisters
  1. Sgt. Nathaniel Woods,   b. 19 Oct 1694, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Jul 1766, Pepperell, Middlesex County , Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 71 years)   2. Daniel Woods,   b. 10 Aug 1696, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 May 1725, Pigwaket (now Fryeburge), Oxford County, Maine, U.S.A.  (Age 28 years)   3. Lt. John Woods,   b. 3 Mar 1697/98, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 7 May 1782, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 84 years)   4. Lt. Isaac Woods,   b. 20 Feb 1699/1700, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Mar 1775, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 75 years) + 5. Bathsheba Woods,   b. 5 Apr 1702, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1773, Charlton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 70 years) ▻ Collins Moore,  m. 2 May 1722 ;   Samuel Town,  m. 11 Aug 1743 ;   Joseph Phillips,  m. 10 Dec 1760   6. Hannah Woods,   b. 16 Mar 1704, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   7. Phebe Woods,   b. 13 Feb 1705/6, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. young   8. Aaron Woods,   b. 26 May 1707, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Moses Woods,   b. 6 Jul 1709, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Oct 1755, Gaspereaux, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 46 years)   10. Reuben Woods,   b. 11 Apr 1711, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 17 Oct 1774, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 63 years)   11. Phebe Woods,   b. 6 Mar 1713, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Oct 1755, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 42 years)   12. Jonathan Woods,   b. 4 Jun 1715, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1 Jan 1754, Pepperell, Middlesex County , Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 38 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Samuel Woods,   b. Abt 1636   d. 29 Sep 1703, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)  (Grandfather)  Alice,   b. Abt 1673/74, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Jan 1717/18, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 44 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I15430
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Woods,   b. 27 Mar 1667/68, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Jun 1738, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Alice,   b. Abt 1673/74, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 10 Jan 1717/18, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Lt. John Woods(3 Mar 1697/98 – 1782) 2Nathaniel Woods(27 Mar 1667/68 – 1738) 4Samuel Woods(Abt 1636 – 1703) 5Alice Rushton(Abt 1636 – 1712) 3Alice(Abt 1673/74 – 10 Jan 1717/18) 6 7

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Mar 1697/98 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 3 Jun 1725 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 7 May 1782 - Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S956] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume IV, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862). [S1111] Green, Samuel A. Epitaphs from the Old Burial Ground in Groton, Massachusetts, (Boston:Little, Brown, & Company, 1878).